FR Doc 08-644
[Federal Register: February 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 30)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed
information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 14, 2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
The Department of Education is especially interested in public
comment addressing the following issues:
(1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden
of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of
information technology.
Dated: February 7, 2008.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: U.S. Department of Education Supplemental Information for
the SF-424.
Frequency: Other: For new awards.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs
(primary), Individuals or household, Businesses or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 26,000.
Burden Hours: 7,860.
Abstract: In the previous clearance of the 1890-0017 collection in
2004, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) cleared the Application for
Federal Education Assistance or ED 424 under this collection number.
Since that time, ED has discontinued use of the ED 424 Form and has
begun using the SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance, together
with the U.S. Department of Education Supplemental Information for the
SF-424 form. ED made a policy decision to switch to the SF-424 in
keeping with Federal-wide forms standardization and streamlining
efforts, especially with widespread agency use of Grants.gov. There
were several data elements/questions on the ED 424 that were required
for ED applicants that were not included on the SF-424. Therefore, ED
put these questions that were already cleared as part of the 1890-0017
collection on a form entitled the U.S. Department of Education
Supplemental Information for the SF-424.
The forms in the SF-424 forms family (e.g., the SF-424 Core Form,
SF-424M and SF-424R&R) have already been cleared for use by Federal
agencies to collect certain identifying information and other data from
grant applicants. In this renewal for the collection package for 1890-
0017, ED is requesting clearance only for the U.S. Department of
Education Supplemental Information for the SF-424 form. The questions
on this form deal with the following areas: Project Director
identifying and contact information; Novice Applicants; and Human
Subjects Research. The ED supplemental information form could be used
with any of the SF-424 forms in the SF-424 forms family, as applicable.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 3589. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.govICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information collection when making your
request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. 08-644 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45am]
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